Independent Living and Assisted Living
Atria Palm Desert
44300 San Pascual Ave, Palm Desert, CA 92260 · Map
Licensed for 154 residents · WG PALM DESERT INC; ATRIA MANAGEMENT CO LLC
Atria Palm Desert is a state-licensed independent living, assisted living community in Palm Desert, California. It is licensed for 154 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
Starting prices the community publishes, with the date we checked each one and a link to where it is published. Care charges are usually added after an assessment.
| Care | Starting at | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Independent Living | $3,995 /mo | Oct 12, 2026 |
| Assisted Living | $2,995 /mo | Oct 12, 2026 |
Area costs
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Atria Palm Desert says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Provides transportation.
Private apartment, 24/7 staff, chef-prepared meals, housekeeping and linen laundering services, scheduled local transportation, community and grounds maintenance, basic utilities, and a calendar of daily events.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - 3 meals a day.
Atria Palm Desert provides three chef-prepared meals per day, which are included in the cost of rent.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Yes, Atria Palm Desert allows pets.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: studio, one-bedroom.
Atria Palm Desert offers studio and one-bedroom senior apartments.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Entrance fee: none.
No buy-in fees.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Lilisity’s independent report
What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
License
Active, 154 residents
RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY 336400954, licensed since Feb 9, 1996. Licensee WG PALM DESERT INC; ATRIA MANAGEMENT CO LLC.
Nearest emergency room
4.0 miles
Eisenhower Medical Center, rated 4 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atria Palm Desert this community | 154 | $2,995/mo | Active | 0 Type A, 1 Type B | |
| Addison at Palm Desert 2 | 0.1 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 0 Type A, 0 Type B |
| De Anza RCFE | 0.2 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 0 Type A, 0 Type B |
| Avatar Retirement Home | 0.7 mi | 10 | Not published | Active | 0 Type A, 0 Type B |
| Atria Hacienda | 0.8 mi | 266 | $2,995/mo | Active | 2 Type A, 1 Type B |
State inspection record0 Type A, 1 Type B
- Last state visit
- May 19, 2026
- State visits since November 5, 2021
- 13 (including 4 inspections, 12 complaints investigated)
- Type A citations
- 0 immediate risk
- Type B citations
- 1 potential risk if not corrected
- Complaint allegations investigated
- 29: 1 substantiated, 28 not substantiated
- No citations at the last 2 inspections (February 2025 to February 2026)
- License active since 1996
Citations (1), newest first
- 97868.2(a)(2) (plan of correction due November 12, 2024): Plain meaning not available; see the state’s report.
Plain meanings are our short reading of the rule cited, from the state’s regulation text. The state’s report says what happened.
Complaints with substantiated allegations (date the finding was approved)
- December 17, 2024: 1 substantiated, 1 Type B citation
Complaints with no substantiated allegation (11)
- September 2, 2026: 3 unsubstantiated
- October 27, 2025: 1 unsubstantiated
- April 30, 2025: 3 unsubstantiated
- April 25, 2025: 1 unfounded
- January 30, 2025: 2 unfounded
Show all 11
- December 12, 2024: 3 unsubstantiated, 1 unfounded
- July 17, 2024: 5 unfounded
- January 9, 2024: 4 unsubstantiated
- March 20, 2023: 1 unsubstantiated
- November 9, 2021: 2 unfounded
- October 28, 2021: 2 unsubstantiated
Every state visit (16)
- February 5, 2026: Inspection
- September 30, 2025: Complaint visit
- April 17, 2025: Complaint visit (2)
- February 24, 2025: Inspection
- December 3, 2024: Complaint visit
Show all 13
- October 29, 2024: Complaint visit (3)
- July 2, 2024: Complaint visit
- March 29, 2024: Complaint visit
- February 8, 2024: Inspection
- January 4, 2024: Complaint visit
- March 13, 2023: Complaint visit
- February 15, 2022: Inspection
- November 5, 2021: Complaint visit
Read every report on the state’s site →
What these terms mean
Type A citations are for “the most serious type of violations in which there is an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of those in care,” and are issued “even if the violation is corrected on the spot.”
Type B citations are for “a violation that, if not corrected, may [pose] an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of clients,” such as faulty medical record keeping or staff training.
CCLD: “There is no difference between an inconclusive and an unsubstantiated complaint allegation. Both terms mean that there was no preponderance of evidence to prove that an alleged violation occurred.” Allegations CCLD finds unfounded are also not substantiated.
This community is licensed for 154 residents; larger communities are visited and complained about more often, so read counts with size in mind. Source: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing, data as of September 28, 2026, covering the five years of records the state publishes. The state’s advice: “Never rely on this information alone to make a decision about a facility. Always visit facilities in person.”
License and ownershipActive license, licensee WG PALM DESERT INC; ATRIA MANAGEMENT CO LLC
- License type
- RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY
- License number
- 336400954
- License status
- Active
- Licensed since
- 1996-02-09
- Licensed capacity
- 154
- Licensee
- WG PALM DESERT INC; ATRIA MANAGEMENT CO LLC
- County
- Riverside County
- Administrator
- Denise Flores
Source: California state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Administrator name from the California licensing record, as of Sep 9, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in California, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in California
- Assisted Living Waiver (ALW). Medi-Cal can pay for assisted living care services through the Assisted Living Waiver, but only in 15 counties, only for people who need nursing home level care, and there is a waitlist. The resident still pays room and board. (state page)
- Waitlist. The Assisted Living Waiver has a waitlist. DHCS reported 18,365 people on it in December 2025. (source)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Staff pay and workplace safety1 federal wage case, no violations found; 1 OSHA inspection, 1 violation cited
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Mar 19, 2025: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (health). Case closed Jan 12, 2026. 1 violation cited (1 serious). Penalties: $3,375 proposed, $3,375 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Atria Senior Living, INC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Cited rule 4559(A). Penalty $3,375 proposed, $3,375 now.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 4.0 mi, nursing home 0.7 mi, pharmacy 0.8 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage. 4.0 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Monterey Palms Health Care Center, Palm Desert. 0.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Valley Care Home Health, Inc., Palm Desert. 0.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 92260 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Rai - Corporate Way - Palm Desert, Palm Desert, 2.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Kidney Institute At Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, 3.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
La Quinta Kidney Center, LLC, La Quinta, 4.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 53 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 92260.
Tranquility Sands Hospice, Inc, office in Palm Desert, 0.7 miles away, straight line
Mkb Consulting LLC, office in Palm Desert, 1.0 mile away, straight line
Reliance Hospice, Inc, office in Palm Desert, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Rupinder Mann M D Inc, Rancho Mirage. 5.4 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk relatively high; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Zone X: Area protected by a levee from the 1% annual chance flood (moderate risk). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding very high, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively high. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- The state recorded a finding in December 2024. What was it, and how was it fixed?
- Your published starting price is a base rate. What would the total monthly cost be for my parent's needs?
- How much have prices gone up in each of the last three years?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
- Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
- For what reasons can a resident be asked to leave?
What we checked13 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing inspection records | Sep 28, 2026 | See above |
| California Medicaid provider list | Mar 3, 2026 | Not on the state list we checked. These lists are often incomplete. |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Atria Palm Desert provide?
Atria Palm Desert is licensed by the state of California for independent living, assisted living in Palm Desert, California. Its licensed capacity is 154 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Atria Palm Desert?
No. We publish state licensing details for Atria Palm Desert but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does Atria Palm Desert cost?
Assisted Living in Riverside County typically starts at $3,000 to $5,200 a month. Based on 15 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. The starting prices it publishes are in the Prices section on this page.
How do I contact Atria Palm Desert?
Use Atria Palm Desert's website, atriaseniorliving.com/retirement-communities/atria-palm-desert-palm-desert-ca, or visit at 44300 San Pascual Ave, Palm Desert, CA 92260.
How Lilisity works. The only scores or rankings Lilisity publishes are the Top Communities list and the Excellence Awards, both built from phone-verified resident and family interviews. Communities can pay Lilisity a flat monthly fee to manage their own listing: photos, prices, contact details, and receiving the inquiries families choose to send them. The fee is the same no matter how many families contact them or move in. Senior Living Alliance, which runs Lilisity, offers the same listing to its member communities as part of their membership; members pay SLA for its resident and family interview program. No community pays Lilisity per inquiry, per referral or per move-in. Payment never changes a testimonial, a rating, or the order of search results. The "Nearby Senior Living Alliance communities" box shows member communities only. How we verify testimonials · How we are paid